Guide to the Abbie S. Blanchard Papers, 1879

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Collection Summary

Repository:

Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries

Creator:

Blanchard, Abbie S.

Title:

Abbie S. Blanchard Papers

Dates:

1879

Quantity:

1 volume

Abstract:

Diary kept while attending Dean Academy in Franklin, Mass., along with her sister Clara discussing her dissatisfaction with school rules, etiquette lectures, social life with other students, visits home, dancing lesson, and young men, January-February 1879.

Forms of Materials:

Diary

Biographical Note

Abbie S. Blanchard and her sisters, Alice and Clara, were the daughters of Christopher C. Blanchard and his wife, Sally. The family lived in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, in the second half of the nineteenth century. Mr. Blanchard conducted a boot and shoe business, W.and C. Blanchard, in Massachusetts and New Orleans. Abbie and Clara attended Dean Academy in Franklin, Massachusetts.

Scope and Content Note

Diary kept while attending Dean Academy in Franklin, Mass., along with her sister Clara discussing her dissatisfaction with school rules, etiquette lectures, social life with other students, visits home, dancing lesson, and young men, January-February 1879.